Senior Supplier Quality Engineer, Raxium

Socket.dev; Fremont (CA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 208,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonus target

Benefits

Job summary

Raxium, a Google-affiliated display and semiconductor materials company, seeks a Senior Supplier Quality Engineer to own supplier quality for materials, components, and services used in advanced fabrication. The role is based in Fremont and involves audit leadership, QC program development, and close collaboration with engineering and supply chain.

You will drive SCARs, containment, PFMEA collaboration, and supplier performance dashboards to ensure high-quality displays and related components

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, materials science, physics, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years supplier quality engineering in micro-displays or semiconductor products.
• Experience auditing suppliers and implementing QMS, ISO 9001.
• Experience resolving quality issues with 8D, 5-Why, SCAR.

Responsibilities

• Lead supplier quality assessments, evaluations, qualification, and on-site audits for critical Raxium vendors and semiconductor/materials suppliers (including ISO 9001, QMS, cleanroom standards, and ESD controls).
• Establish and enforce rigorous Incoming/Outgoing Quality Control (IQC/OQC) requirements, product specifications, Certificates of Analysis (COA), and measurement systems (MSA/GR&R) with suppliers.
• Drive supplier non-conformance management, material containment, and Supplier Corrective Action Requests (SCAR) using structured problem-solving (8D, 5-Why, root cause and corrective actions).
• Partner with cross-functional teams (Engineering, Manufacturing, Sourcing/Supply Chain) to conduct PFMEA reviews, process qualification, and review supplier PCNs or deviation requests.
• Monitor supplier quality metrics and performance dashboards, driving continuous quality improvement, yield optimization, and wafer/component scrap reduction with critical partners.

Skills

Supplier management

Audits

Quality control plans

SCAR processes

8D problem solving

5-Why analysis

FMEA

ISO 9001 QMS

Root cause analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, or equivalent

Master's degree in Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or related field

Job description

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of supplier quality engineering experience in micro-displays or semiconductor products.
• Experience managing suppliers (i.e., auditing sites, implementing quality control plans, FMEAs, ISO 9001 QMS, etc.).
• Experience resolving quality issues using methods: 8D, 5-Why, SCAR processes, etc.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree in Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or related field.
• 8 years of experience in global supplier quality management within semiconductor manufacturing, wafer fabrication, epitaxy, or micro-displays.
• Experience proactively managing complex supplier relationships, drive accountability, enforce contractual quality specifications, and manage corrective action plans (SCAR).
• Manufacturing experience in semiconductor, electronic/optoelectronic components, or high-precision display technologies.

About the job:

As a Senior Supplier Quality Engineer for Raxium, based in Fremont, you will own the supplier quality of critical semiconductor and micro-display fabrication materials, components, and services critical to Raxium's manufacturing processes. You will serve as the primary supplier quality engineer for partners and vendors supplying materials such as sputtering targets, wafers, wafer substrates, and chemicals, and manufacturing services such as foundry, epitaxy, and thinning, dicing and pick and place. You will collaborate closely with Raxium engineering, supply chain, and external suppliers to drive comprehensive supplier quality management, rigorous Quality Control (QC) strategies, on-site audits, and Supplier Corrective Action Requests (SCARs/8D) to deliver display technology quality.

Google's Raxium display group has established a revolutionary semiconductor materials display technology that enables new functionality in display products, bringing to users a closer and more natural linkage between the digital and physical realms in applications such as augmented reality (AR) and light-field display. With start-up roots and a state-of-the-art compound semiconductor fab in Silicon Valley, Raxium is seeking to build upon its engineering team with an aim to disrupt next-generation display markets.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $144000 - $208000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities:

• Lead supplier quality assessments, evaluations, qualification, and on-site audits for critical Raxium vendors and semiconductor/materials suppliers (including ISO 9001, QMS, cleanroom standards, and ESD controls).
• Establish and enforce rigorous Incoming/Outgoing Quality Control (IQC/OQC) requirements, product specifications, Certificates of Analysis (COA), and measurement systems (MSA/GR&R) with suppliers.
• Drive supplier non-conformance management, material containment, and Supplier Corrective Action Requests (SCAR) using structured problem-solving (8D, 5-Why, root cause and corrective actions).
• Partner with cross-functional teams (Engineering, Manufacturing, Sourcing/Supply Chain) to conduct Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (PFMEA) reviews, process qualification, and review supplier Product Change Notifications (PCNs) or deviation requests.
• Monitor supplier quality metrics and performance dashboards, driving continuous quality improvement, yield optimization, and wafer/component scrap reduction with critical partners.